7 Drakes Avenue, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3AF

Detached house · Built 2007-2011 · 99 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£1,467
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £1,266 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

15 January 2010£212,177

Estimated today: £414,654 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Drakes Avenue: 20 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
The Rushmere Park AcademyPrimary0.3 mi
Dovery AcademyPrimary0.4 mi
Heathwood Lower SchoolPrimary0.5 mi
Vandyke Upper SchoolSecondary0.5 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)
Cedars Upper SchoolSecondary1.6 miProgress 8 -0.11 · average (2023/24)
The Cottesloe SchoolSecondary3.6 miProgress 8 +0.11 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

16.2
crimes a month
178
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 48% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01017609, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Drakes Avenue

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
81
average score
C
most common grade
+13.0
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.